Bits: Hyatt gets two more London IHG hotels, 100% bonus buying Hilton points, new Radisson sale

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Hyatt takes two more London hotels from IHG Back in October we exclusively revealed that Crown Plaza The City – for many people, the best IHG Rewards hotel in London – was defecting to Hyatt. It will become Hyatt Regency London Blackfriars from 1st March. Two more IHG properties in London are […]

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Compensation Clinic: Hyatt House Fort Lauderdale Airport Horrible Property & Check-In Experience

Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby

The Compensation Clinic makes a stop in Florida this week where I had my last stay of the year at the Hyatt House Ft. Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port – not my favorite way to end the Hyatt year. Remember that you can always email us, send a message via Facebook or use Twitter and […]

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Video Walkthrough: The Executive Suite At The Grand Hyatt Denver (CO)

Written by Flying High On Points @ Flying High On Points

Video Walkthrough: The Executive Suite At The Grand Hyatt Denver (CO) Click here to read the full review on the Grand Hyatt Denver Video Walkthrough This is a video walkthrough of the…
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Which hotel chains offer lifetime status? (and the British Airways lifetime status criteria revealed)

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains. In general, lifetime status usually requires such a high threshold that you would wonder why such a person would ever want to set foot in another hotel ever again if they did not have to. Despite that, I thought it was worth running through the […]

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Bits: last call for 80% bonus buying IHG points, what are the best hotel promos for January 2022?

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Last chance for 80% bonus buying IHG Rewards points Until 4th January, so you have just two days left, you can buy IHG Rewards – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – points with a bonus of up to 80%. The page to buy points is here – log in and see […]

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Success: Extending Hyatt Globalist Suite Upgrades & Converting Club Upgrades To 3,000 Points

Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby

Last week John wrote about Hyatt currently offering (upon request) to extend their Suite Upgrade award and Club Access awards which members receive as milestones throughout the membership year. As I had some expiring as well I decided to contact Hyatt directly (rather than my Concierge) and see if I have any luck getting it […]

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What To Choose As The World Of Hyatt 40 Night Milestone Award This Year?

Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby

Each year at the 40-night mark, World of Hyatt members can select another Milestone Award which is either a US$100 gift card, 5000 points or a 10.000 points discount on an Experience Package. I just received my email making that selection and decided to go for the $100 gift card as it’s the most logical […]

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Check the new Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower

Written by Freddo Zabaleta @ LoyaltyLobby

In the past years Hyatt has embarked on an ambitious expansion in Europe, where its presence was mostly limited to a handful of properties in the top luxury end of the market. Although the openings have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Hyatt has brought the Hyatt Regency and Hyatt Centric brands to Spain, with […]

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World Of Hyatt Brand Badges: How Many Were You Able To Pick Up To Earn Free Nights?

Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby

When World of Hyatt emerged as a new program structure they introduced brand badges that members have to earn by staying at least once at each particular brand, earning a free night for every 5 brands. Many brands are rather difficult to obtain but since Hyatt has established a larger footprint by acquiring more hotels […]

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Bits: register now for World of Hyatt’s new promotion, 80% bonus when you buy IHG points

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Register now for the new World of Hyatt promotion World of Hyatt has launched its Winter promotion, which is called ‘Bonus Journeys’. It is, effectively, a copy of the Spring 2021 promotion, but not necessarily any worse for that. Here are the terms in a nutshell: the promotion runs from 15th January […]

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Review: the Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport hotel

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

This is our review of the Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport hotel. This 350-room hotel, situated on Bath Road and close to the new Holiday Inn and Staybridge Suites dual-branded property, opened in 2017. It was previously the unbranded Heathrow Hotel Bath Road, and before that was known as the Arora International Hotel Heathrow Airport. […]

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Bits: Virgin Money planning a Curve-style card?, Hyatt opening in Santorini and Sardinia

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

News in brief: Is Virgin Money planning a Curve-style product? Virgin Money has been circulating an interesting survey to selected customers asking for their views on what appears to be a Curve-style wallet aggregator product. I don’t know any more about it than what you can see in the three screenshots here (click to enlarge […]

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World of Hyatt Redemption: Multiple Night Minimum Stay Requirement For Award Booking?

Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby

Today we are going to have a look at something that occasionally comes up and that I discovered most recently with Hyatt once again as certain properties require a minimum stay of multiple nights even when redeeming points. This is mostly an issue during peak periods such as popular holidays or times when large conventions […]

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Why transferring hotel points to a friend is good (but transferring airline miles is bad)

Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points

Is it possible to transfer hotel loyalty points to a friend or partner?  Can you transfer the points for free?  In most cases, the answer is ‘Yes’. Airline schemes are not like this.  Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend but it is usually a terrible deal. The price […]

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